Batna City climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Batna City?

Batna City has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 453 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Batna City?

The hottest day measured in Batna City between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2023, reaching 39.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Batna City?

The coldest day measured in Batna City between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1971, at -15.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Batna City?

Yes. Batna City gets on average 33.3 cm of snow per year and has around 49 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Batna City warmed?

Yes: Batna City warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Batna City?

The wettest day measured in Batna City between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 2000, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Batna City?

The windiest day measured in Batna City between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1996, with winds reaching 37.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Batna City?

The warmest month in Batna City is July (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Batna City?

Batna City receives on average 453 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Batna City?

Batna City gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Batna City (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 453 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Batna City averages 49 frost days, 54 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 93 rainy days per year.

Batna City has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 68 to 30 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 29 July 2023) and the coldest -15.2 °C (on 3 January 1971).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Batna CityBatna

coords: 35.56°, 6.17°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

13.3°C

Average daily high

19.2°C

Average daily low

7.9°C

Annual rainfall

453mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

13.0km/h

Seasonal range

20.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

49 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

54 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

93 d/yr

Annual snowfall

33.3 cm

Average feels-like high

17.4 °C

Average feels-like low

5.7 °C

Average peak gust

38.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

11 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.1 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

39.8 °C

29 July 2023

Coldest day

-15.2 °C

3 January 1971

Wettest day

67 mm

25 May 2000

Windiest day

37.6 km/h

8 February 1996

Strongest gust

103.7 km/h

19 January 2005

Hottest feels-like

39.3 °C

15 July 2024

Coldest feels-like

-19.9 °C

3 January 1971

Snowiest day

17.2 cm

21 January 2009

Sunniest day

13.8 h

27 June 1948

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.0 °C22 July 2025	-3.9 °C17 January 2025	15.0 °C	446 mm	78	23
2024	39.8 °C10 July 2024	-2.7 °C29 December 2024	15.7 °C	319 mm	80	19
2023	39.8 °C29 July 2023	-3.9 °C21 January 2023	15.3 °C	396 mm	78	42
2022	37.8 °C2 July 2022	-2.9 °C15 January 2022	15.5 °C	320 mm	105	38
2021	38.9 °C8 August 2021	-2.7 °C19 January 2021	15.7 °C	303 mm	101	32
2020	37.7 °C21 August 2020	-3.2 °C1 January 2020	14.8 °C	374 mm	62	33
2019	38.2 °C14 July 2019	-4.2 °C4 February 2019	14.1 °C	587 mm	73	46
2018	37.9 °C4 July 2018	-4.0 °C4 February 2018	13.9 °C	570 mm	49	33
2017	38.4 °C12 July 2017	-4.2 °C17 January 2017	14.5 °C	331 mm	72	37
2016	36.3 °C11 July 2016	-5.4 °C18 January 2016	14.7 °C	402 mm	64	25
2015	36.9 °C3 August 2015	-6.9 °C2 January 2015	14.2 °C	402 mm	71	49
2014	37.6 °C4 August 2014	-7.2 °C31 December 2014	14.8 °C	427 mm	81	25
2013	37.7 °C28 July 2013	-4.1 °C27 February 2013	14.1 °C	407 mm	63	47
2012	38.4 °C12 July 2012	-11.0 °C8 February 2012	14.6 °C	382 mm	80	62
2011	37.4 °C22 July 2011	-4.2 °C3 March 2011	14.0 °C	536 mm	66	37
2010	38.2 °C23 July 2010	-3.4 °C16 December 2010	14.3 °C	417 mm	63	31
2009	38.2 °C24 July 2009	-3.0 °C23 March 2009	13.9 °C	547 mm	73	36
2008	38.3 °C12 July 2008	-7.4 °C7 March 2008	14.1 °C	485 mm	73	44
2007	37.6 °C20 June 2007	-4.6 °C17 December 2007	14.1 °C	465 mm	76	27
2006	37.3 °C19 August 2006	-3.1 °C25 January 2006	14.5 °C	451 mm	65	40
2005	38.7 °C28 July 2005	-6.6 °C27 January 2005	14.0 °C	408 mm	64	68
2004	36.9 °C10 August 2004	-5.1 °C29 January 2004	13.7 °C	652 mm	60	41
2003	38.0 °C17 July 2003	-6.4 °C26 December 2003	14.1 °C	671 mm	69	45
2002	37.6 °C23 July 2002	-4.1 °C8 January 2002	14.5 °C	425 mm	53	29
2001	37.3 °C5 July 2001	-4.1 °C18 December 2001	14.9 °C	332 mm	76	36
2000	37.5 °C27 July 2000	-3.6 °C25 February 2000	14.2 °C	339 mm	58	44
1999	37.9 °C17 August 1999	-9.5 °C1 February 1999	14.8 °C	490 mm	91	42
1998	36.5 °C7 July 1998	-4.1 °C9 December 1998	13.7 °C	385 mm	67	40
1997	38.5 °C23 July 1997	-2.2 °C8 January 1997	14.1 °C	446 mm	62	20
1996	36.7 °C7 August 1996	-3.9 °C28 December 1996	13.0 °C	630 mm	33	34
1995	36.6 °C9 July 1995	-6.2 °C16 January 1995	13.6 °C	407 mm	50	40
1994	36.7 °C11 August 1994	-3.2 °C5 February 1994	14.6 °C	296 mm	88	37
1993	37.5 °C4 July 1993	-7.4 °C3 March 1993	13.5 °C	331 mm	57	61
1992	33.1 °C23 August 1992	-4.1 °C25 January 1992	12.6 °C	546 mm	21	48
1991	35.4 °C25 July 1991	-8.3 °C16 February 1991	12.5 °C	462 mm	43	43
1990	33.4 °C1 July 1990	-3.8 °C26 December 1990	13.6 °C	632 mm	31	38
1989	35.3 °C6 August 1989	-4.7 °C17 February 1989	13.7 °C	414 mm	40	33
1988	37.5 °C5 July 1988	-3.9 °C27 February 1988	14.1 °C	421 mm	64	42
1987	36.4 °C16 August 1987	-8.4 °C20 February 1987	14.2 °C	361 mm	56	37
1986	34.9 °C31 July 1986	-5.3 °C10 February 1986	13.1 °C	540 mm	55	39
1985	36.1 °C1 August 1985	-8.8 °C10 January 1985	13.6 °C	546 mm	60	41
1984	35.6 °C1 July 1984	-12.6 °C13 February 1984	12.7 °C	473 mm	53	54
1983	35.3 °C8 August 1983	-3.6 °C22 January 1983	13.8 °C	219 mm	62	49
1982	35.5 °C5 August 1982	-5.9 °C27 January 1982	13.3 °C	579 mm	60	35
1981	35.8 °C1 July 1981	-4.5 °C9 January 1981	13.7 °C	336 mm	44	39
1980	36.7 °C1 August 1980	-4.2 °C11 December 1980	12.6 °C	555 mm	50	50
1979	36.3 °C4 August 1979	-4.7 °C3 January 1979	12.6 °C	530 mm	43	48
1978	37.2 °C17 July 1978	-3.8 °C14 January 1978	12.6 °C	370 mm	39	52
1977	37.3 °C14 July 1977	-3.4 °C20 December 1977	13.7 °C	416 mm	44	23
1976	33.7 °C16 August 1976	-7.7 °C13 February 1976	11.5 °C	768 mm	18	67
1975	35.9 °C9 July 1975	-4.0 °C28 February 1975	12.5 °C	534 mm	56	56
1974	34.9 °C4 August 1974	-3.8 °C6 March 1974	12.6 °C	484 mm	41	50
1973	36.6 °C19 July 1973	-6.2 °C19 March 1973	12.6 °C	637 mm	53	77
1972	34.1 °C7 July 1972	-6.3 °C22 January 1972	11.9 °C	942 mm	28	42
1971	35.1 °C19 August 1971	-15.2 °C3 January 1971	12.1 °C	563 mm	46	68
1970	35.6 °C7 August 1970	-3.7 °C17 February 1970	12.8 °C	462 mm	40	46
1969	34.0 °C15 August 1969	-5.0 °C3 December 1969	12.4 °C	693 mm	13	50
1968	35.8 °C6 August 1968	-6.6 °C5 February 1968	12.9 °C	420 mm	30	41
1967	35.0 °C16 August 1967	-7.6 °C17 December 1967	13.2 °C	454 mm	43	63
1966	35.1 °C10 August 1966	-3.3 °C21 November 1966	13.0 °C	382 mm	52	50
1965	36.9 °C26 July 1965	-5.5 °C11 February 1965	12.5 °C	466 mm	40	55
1964	34.6 °C18 August 1964	-4.6 °C10 February 1964	12.6 °C	450 mm	32	54
1963	32.8 °C27 June 1963	-5.8 °C24 January 1963	12.0 °C	517 mm	39	49
1962	35.0 °C13 July 1962	-7.4 °C17 February 1962	12.2 °C	404 mm	35	67
1961	34.1 °C21 July 1961	-5.5 °C25 January 1961	13.1 °C	282 mm	24	45
1960	36.1 °C18 August 1960	-11.3 °C19 January 1960	12.9 °C	481 mm	42	45
1959	35.5 °C31 July 1959	-2.9 °C20 February 1959	12.8 °C	400 mm	48	36
1958	35.4 °C7 July 1958	-4.7 °C27 February 1958	13.3 °C	413 mm	61	39
1957	35.0 °C18 August 1957	-5.3 °C23 January 1957	12.2 °C	634 mm	30	53
1956	35.3 °C21 July 1956	-12.2 °C21 February 1956	11.6 °C	336 mm	53	94
1955	35.9 °C1 August 1955	-5.3 °C1 March 1955	13.1 °C	425 mm	43	33
1954	34.3 °C29 July 1954	-11.0 °C4 January 1954	11.6 °C	381 mm	33	76
1953	35.7 °C18 July 1953	-9.7 °C15 January 1953	11.8 °C	444 mm	24	70
1952	35.4 °C30 June 1952	-9.5 °C24 January 1952	13.0 °C	411 mm	63	76
1951	35.9 °C17 August 1951	-7.7 °C7 February 1951	12.3 °C	458 mm	48	66
1950	35.0 °C8 July 1950	-5.4 °C13 December 1950	12.5 °C	463 mm	55	79
1949	35.5 °C15 July 1949	-9.1 °C4 February 1949	12.3 °C	421 mm	40	65
1948	35.1 °C8 August 1948	-5.1 °C22 January 1948	12.3 °C	357 mm	34	56
1947	34.2 °C7 August 1947	-5.1 °C13 February 1947	13.2 °C	394 mm	45	51
1946	36.2 °C12 August 1946	-6.4 °C31 December 1946	13.0 °C	287 mm	61	68
1945	36.9 °C8 August 1945	-11.6 °C4 January 1945	12.8 °C	277 mm	69	73
1944	35.2 °C22 July 1944	-11.5 °C13 February 1944	12.0 °C	343 mm	58	102
1943	34.8 °C27 July 1943	-4.5 °C3 January 1943	11.9 °C	556 mm	29	65
1942	34.6 °C9 July 1942	-7.1 °C18 February 1942	12.3 °C	394 mm	41	67
1941	36.3 °C3 August 1941	-11.4 °C6 January 1941	11.7 °C	375 mm	41	80
1940	35.2 °C27 July 1940	-14.7 °C30 December 1940	11.2 °C	451 mm	39	85

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

20.9 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

78 d/yr

+24

Frost days (< 0 °C)

23 d/yr

-26

Annual rainfall

446 mm

-7 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	10.8 °C	+1.9 °C	40 mm	+4 mm
Feb	12.2 °C	+1.8 °C	28 mm	-6 mm
Mar	15.8 °C	+2.3 °C	36 mm	-14 mm
Apr	19.1 °C	+2.0 °C	77 mm	+24 mm
May	23.1 °C	+1.1 °C	81 mm	+27 mm
Jun	30.7 °C	+3.2 °C	9 mm	-26 mm
Jul	32.2 °C	+0.9 °C	24 mm	+10 mm
Aug	31.6 °C	+0.9 °C	23 mm	0 mm
Sep	27.3 °C	+1.6 °C	51 mm	+7 mm
Oct	21.5 °C	+1.6 °C	30 mm	-10 mm
Nov	15.1 °C	+1.1 °C	9 mm	-24 mm
Dec	10.9 °C	+1.1 °C	39 mm	+2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.0 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-3.9 °C

17 Jan 2025

Wettest day

21.4 mm

16 Apr 2025

Windiest day

28.1 km/h

13 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

80.3 km/h

13 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.5 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-6.8 °C

17 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

4.7 cm

17 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.7 h

28 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Batna City?

Batna City has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 453 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Batna City?

The hottest day measured in Batna City between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2023, reaching 39.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Batna City?

The coldest day measured in Batna City between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1971, at -15.2 °C.

Does it snow in Batna City?

Yes. Batna City gets on average 33.3 cm of snow per year and has around 49 frost days.

Has the climate of Batna City warmed?

Yes: Batna City warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Batna City?

The wettest day measured in Batna City between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 2000, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Batna City?

The windiest day measured in Batna City between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1996, with winds reaching 37.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Batna City?

The warmest month in Batna City is July (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Batna City?

Batna City receives on average 453 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Batna City?

Batna City gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Batna City?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Batna City between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2009, with 17.2 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Batna City?

Yes: Batna City has on average 11 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Batna City?

In Batna City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 15 July 2024, and the lowest was -19.9 °C on 3 January 1971.

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